The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-01
THE GREAT STRIKE
OF TIE FREIGHT HANDLERS
And tho 'Longshoremen In the Bast-Thc
Affairs Somewhat Complicntcd-Son.
Union sIsn at Work-Tranlc Block.
nded to u Certain E1tent. ,l

NEw YoRK, jan. 3l.-The official order
Issued yesterday at the 'Longshoremen's
Convention, ordering out the members Of
the several unions to the number Of $500,
had very little effect on the buainess at
the East River piers to-day. In moat cases
tho order covered unions whose members
were already out, so that there wero little
or no change In the situation Of adairs on
the New York side Of the East River. At
pier 40 the Union hands refused 10 work
on China tea ship which arrived there
on Saturday. In an hour all the non.
union men that were required were put
TO work on the vessels gapgwsy and
Tho freight handlers on the New York
City and New England pier, at the foot Of
Market street, iniled 10 come to any ,erns
with the management and their places
were taken by green hands. Mr.. Allen
said he could got all the men he wanted
without advertising for them. He had
more applications for work than he could
give places TO, and ho Was enabled to pick
good men. The men who Turned out say
the receiver of the road would have taken
them all back this morning II they would
have gone In individually, but they would
only 20 In Rs body Of union men. He
refused to give 81 a day and twenty-five
cents an hour overtime. None OF tho
union men went in this morning, but
some Of them were willing except for the
order iasned yesterday. !.
at the pier OF the Red ID" Liue the
steamer Caraceas was expected up, but
no union men presented themselves for
work, The compsny's representative
said that he could get all the mon he
wanted. There wera hundreds OF them
coming to the gate asking for work, The
regular men struck work three days ago,
They were paid 40 and 60 cents an hour
and had no grievances, but were in sym
pathy with the other strikers.
STEAMERS GET AWAY.
The Vermont Steamship and Railroad
Line seems to have escaped the strike
fever. The dockmaater said that there
had not been any strike on their. dock.
The men were all paid by the month and
were Satisfied. The Union had failed to
get their men to join. On Pier 35 full
complement OF men were at work on the
steamer Waterbury, which came up this
morning. They had taken the places OF
strikers and we're paid s. day and thirty
cents par hour for time after 6 p. N,
There wss no trouble here this morning.
The steamer State OF Texas 20. agay
from the Clyde Line dock early yesterday
morning and the Gulf steamer took her
place to-day. There were nearly 200 men
waiting to commence work on her. The
huge piles OF freight which on Saturday
served as resting places for the tired police
officers doing duty there had entirely dis
appeared. esE
The arrival Of tho patrol wagon filled
with officers gave rise to the rumor that
there was trouble with the strikers. This
dock is the police rendezvous on the East
river front, and there is always large re.
serve force on haud. The sergeant in
charge said there had not been any dig
turbance. Several score OF strikers stood
around, but mover interfered with any
non.union men.
Freight was being moved at lively rate
by green hauda on the New Haven steam
boat line pier, and the company had all
the men that were required. At the Nal :
lory line pier Italians, Germans, Poles
and almost every other nationality were
at work on the steamer Almo, which has
been at the deck some days now. The
men who started out "Wednesday we're
getting accustomed to the work. The Su-
perintendent said they could do all the
work that was needed to get the steamer
OF on time. The Cienfuegos, OF the Ward
Line, lay at Pier II. Four gangs OF men
were at work on her loading grain on
lighters. Mr.. Ward said he never had
any difficulty with his men who had gone
out because other men did,. All their
veasela had gone out on time and no iu-
convenience was now felt on account of
the strike: All was quiet along the docks
OF the sailing vessels. 's'5 : -